Help with song--driving me crazy!

Raiders Army · 07-08-2003, 02:57 PM

This is stupid, but what song begins with:

"If you like pina coladas, getting caught in the rain"?

TLK · 07-08-2003, 02:57 PM

Escape- Rupert Holmes

Bee · 07-08-2003, 02:57 PM

The pina colada song?

scooper · 07-08-2003, 03:01 PM

I think it's Peace Sells by Megadeth.

cthomer5000 · 07-08-2003, 03:06 PM

the power of positive drinking - lou reed

korme · 07-08-2003, 03:07 PM

sittin at a bar - rehab

ctmason · 07-08-2003, 03:08 PM

Man do I have a list of these rolling around in my head.

One of them is a song who's refrain is "and the last thing I need is another cold one" that was played once by an unfamiliar songwriter on Turner South's "Live at the Bluebird Cafe"

I've got about 18 more.

Draft Dodger · 07-08-2003, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheLionKing
Escape- Rupert Holmes

technically, it is Escape (The Pina Colada Song).

Draft Dodger · 07-08-2003, 03:09 PM

and thanks - that fucking song is going to be in my head all day now...

Franklinnoble · 07-08-2003, 03:16 PM

I hate that damned song. Now it's stuck in my head. I hope you get AIDS and die.

korme · 07-08-2003, 03:16 PM

Raiders Army · 07-08-2003, 03:23 PM

Thanks...it was driving me nuts...now you all will go nuts too!

Fidatelo · 07-08-2003, 03:30 PM

I need to know this song. It starts off "hmm hmm hiiimmmmmmmmm". Anyone?

Ksyrup · 07-08-2003, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by scooper
I think it's Peace Sells by Megadeth.

I think the official title is, "Pina Coladas Are On Sale, So Who's Buying?"

TLK · 07-08-2003, 03:35 PM

I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long.
Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song.
So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed.
And in the personals column, there was this letter I read:

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape."

I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean.
But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine.
So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad.
And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad.

"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne.
I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.
At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape."

So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place.
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.
It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it's you."
And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew"..

"That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

"If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.
If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain.
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.
You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

SplitPersonality1 · 07-08-2003, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Raiders Army
Thanks...it was driving me nuts...now you all will go nuts too!

Could be worse guys.
There is always "The Macarena"

bbor · 07-08-2003, 03:49 PM

I think it's the chicken dance

Ksyrup · 07-08-2003, 03:50 PM

Since we're on the subject, I just found the origin of one line of lyrics that has floated in and out of my head since high school, at least. It always popped up too infrequently for me to try to figure out where it came from - or when I asked, no one knew - but thanks to the internet, I finally found it. And it was a surprise.

So, without using an internet search engine, does anyone know the name of the song and band this line comes from?

"Don't ask me what I think of you. You might not get the answer that you want me to."

Leonidas · 07-08-2003, 03:50 PM

Sure it's not "F*!#in' Up" by Neil Young?

cuervo72 · 07-08-2003, 03:55 PM

Do the Hustle....

(actually playing in WinAmp right now

)

scooper · 07-08-2003, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ksyrup
Since we're on the subject, I just found the origin of one line of lyrics that has floated in and out of my head since high school, at least. It always popped up too infrequently for me to try to figure out where it came from - or when I asked, no one knew - but thanks to the internet, I finally found it. And it was a surprise.

So, without using an internet search engine, does anyone know the name of the song and band this line comes from?

"Don't ask me what I think of you. You might not get the answer that you want me to."

I know it's Fleetwood Mac, but I don't know the song title.

cuervo72 · 07-08-2003, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ksyrup

"Don't ask me what I think of you. You might not get the answer that you want me to."

That would be 'Oh Well' by Fleetwood Mac (pre Knicks/Buckingham). There was also a version of this put out in the 80's, but I can't find who the artist was (too many versions).

I can't help about the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I ain't pretty
And my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer
that you want me to, oh well

Now, when I talked to God
I knew he'd understand
He said

"Stick by my side and I'll be your guiding hand. But don't ask me what I think of you. I might not give the answer that you want me to."

cuervo72 · 07-08-2003, 04:00 PM

That didn't quite make sense...there's a specific version I remember, but I haven't pinpointed who the artist was for the version. There.

Craptacular · 07-08-2003, 04:04 PM

Kenny Wayne Shepherd??

edit for speeling

CamEdwards · 07-08-2003, 05:13 PM

man, those Rupert Holmes lyrics are just cheesy as all hell, aren't they?

Passacaglia · 07-08-2003, 05:16 PM

Rupert Holmes is awesome! Okay, that song may be pretty cheesy, but the rest of his stuff is really cool. I mean it! Okay, now that we've determined I'm the only closet Rupert Holmes fan around here...

Ksyrup · 07-08-2003, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cuervo72
That didn't quite make sense...there's a specific version I remember, but I haven't pinpointed who the artist was for the version. There.

Yeah, that's it. Although you bring up an interesting point I hadn't thought of, which is, is the version I hear on the radio every few years the Fleetwood Mac version, or someone else? It sounds live, if that helps.

CAsterling · 07-08-2003, 06:22 PM

Try getting 'Jake The Peg with the Extra leg' by Rolf Harris out of your mind - its driving me nuts.....in fact it has become so bad I have had to order the CD from England just so I can get the words right in my head !!!!!!!!!!!

Maple Leafs · 07-08-2003, 06:28 PM

You know, a lot of people think the name of that song is "Go With Him". But it's not! Coming up next...

cuervo72 · 07-09-2003, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Craptacular
Kenny Wayne Shepherd??

edit for speeling

No, not his version, it's older than that. I'd say mid to late 80's, and was more a pop, and was a little more synthesized/rap-like. Hard to describe.

Ksyrup, I'd bet it is the Fleetwood Mac version you've heard.

Fidatelo · 07-09-2003, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Maple Leafs
You know, a lot of people think the name of that song is "Go With Him". But it's not! Coming up next...

Finally someone spots the reference! Big Ups for Maple Leafs.

Ksyrup · 07-09-2003, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cuervo72
No, not his version, it's older than that. I'd say mid to late 80's, and was more a pop, and was a little more synthesized/rap-like. Hard to describe.

Ksyrup, I'd bet it is the Fleetwood Mac version you've heard.

Could be, I was never a FM fan and just read about their history on allmusic.com. Very interesting. I never realized they had a Jefferson Airplane/Starship-type career - I just thought they wrote a bunch of 70's/80's lite-rock, which they did of course, but that wasn't all.

Even more amazing to me, I just learned that Green Manalishi (with the Two-Pronged Crown) was not an original Judas Priest song, but a Fleetwood Mac song! Now THAT blew me away.

cuervo72 · 07-09-2003, 09:18 AM

I was a little surprised when I found out about their jazz/blues origins too.

Oh, they also put out "Black Magic Woman" before Santana.

Ksyrup · 07-09-2003, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cuervo72
I was a little surprised when I found out about their jazz/blues origins too.

Oh, they also put out "Black Magic Woman" before Santana.

Yes, I saw that one listed as well. As I am now learning, the guy who was the principal force behind them in the late 60's through 1970, Peter Green, was a contemporary of Eric Clapton (both being white blues guitarists) and Green even replaced Clapton in one band as Clapton left to form Cream. He took Fleetwood and McVie from that band and formed FM, before leaving the band around 1970 as his life degraded into drug abuse and mental illness. In fact, green Manalishi is apparently a song he wrote about himself.

Very interesting stuff. I guess I've learned my "new fact" for the day.

condors · 07-09-2003, 12:30 PM

i know Ted Nugent did a version of that song of course not sure that is who your thinking of either

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Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Since we're on the subject, I just found the origin of one line of lyrics that has floated in and out of my head since high school, at least. It always popped up too infrequently for me to try to figure out where it came from - or when I asked, no one knew - but thanks to the internet, I finally found it. And it was a surprise. So, without using an internet search engine, does anyone know the name of the song and band this line comes from? "Don't ask me what I think of you. You might not get the answer that you want me to." __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

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TLK Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Allen Park, MI	Escape- Rupert Holmes

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Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	The pina colada song?

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scooper College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cinn City	I think it's Peace Sells by Megadeth.

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korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	sittin at a bar - rehab

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ctmason High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mesa, AZ	Man do I have a list of these rolling around in my head. One of them is a song who's refrain is "and the last thing I need is another cold one" that was played once by an unfamiliar songwriter on Turner South's "Live at the Bluebird Cafe" I've got about 18 more.

07-08-2003, 03:16 PM	#10
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	I hate that damned song. Now it's stuck in my head. I hope you get AIDS and die.

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Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Thanks...it was driving me nuts...now you all will go nuts too!

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TLK Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Allen Park, MI	I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long. Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song. So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed. And in the personals column, there was this letter I read: "If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain. If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape. I'm the lady you've looked for, write to me, and escape." I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean. But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine. So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad. And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad. "Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne. I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape. At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape." So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place. I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face. It was my own lovely lady, and she said, "Oh, it's you." And we laughed for a moment, and I said, "I never knew".. "That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne. If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape. You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape." "If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, if you have half-a-brain. If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape. You're the love that I've looked for, come with me, and escape."

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cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	That didn't quite make sense...there's a specific version I remember, but I haven't pinpointed who the artist was for the version. There. __________________ null

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Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	Kenny Wayne Shepherd?? edit for speeling Last edited by Craptacular : 07-08-2003 at 04:05 PM.

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CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	man, those Rupert Holmes lyrics are just cheesy as all hell, aren't they? __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

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Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Rupert Holmes is awesome! Okay, that song may be pretty cheesy, but the rest of his stuff is really cool. I mean it! Okay, now that we've determined I'm the only closet Rupert Holmes fan around here...

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CAsterling High School JV Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Herndon, Va	Try getting 'Jake The Peg with the Extra leg' by Rolf Harris out of your mind - its driving me nuts.....in fact it has become so bad I have had to order the CD from England just so I can get the words right in my head !!!!!!!!!!! __________________ The funniest comedy duo I have ever seen - www.magaga.com/

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Maple Leafs Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002	You know, a lot of people think the name of that song is "Go With Him". But it's not! Coming up next...

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condors College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	i know Ted Nugent did a version of that song of course not sure that is who your thinking of either

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